IGI Sees Largest a Lab-Grown Diamond

India-based Ethereal Green Diamond has created and sold the largest polished lab-grown diamond in history, according to the International Gemological Institute (IGI), which graded it.

World’s top jewellery maker Pandora ditches mined diamonds

Pandora, the world’s biggest jeweller, is launching a collection using exclusively lab-made diamonds in the US and Canada as part of the company’s strategy to eliminate mined gems and create more affordable products with less associated emissions. The Danish company, which plans to make its operations carbon neutral within three years, said the collection is […]

Disruptor’s Dilemma: Has Lightbox Legitimized Lab-Grown?

When De Beers first introduced its Lightbox lab-grown jewelry brand in 2018, the diamond world sat up and took notice. The mining giant had long been outspoken about its belief that synthetic stones were neither special nor unique. And despite having entered the field itself, the company still holds by that sentiment. Since first making […]

What is a ‘lab grown diamond’ ?

What is a ‘lab grown diamond’ ? Laboratory grown diamond term is still a source of confusion for many diamond buyers and jewellers. Natural Diamonds have been high coveted and sort after for thousands of years. Diamonds have always been a status symbol for the elite and super wealthy, only becoming available to the general […]

LVMH Makes It Official: Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Luxury

In 2018, the FTC permitted “a mineral consisting essentially of pure carbon crystallized in the isometric system” to be described as a “diamond,” whether naturally occurring or man-made. Ever since then, the jewelry establishment has been erecting barriers of entry for lab-grown diamonds into their lucrative $84 billion global market. The Natural Diamond Council established […]

IGI Grades Largest Polished Lab-Grown Diamond

The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has graded a 27-carat lab-grown stone that it claims is the world’s largest polished synthetic diamond. Indian lab-grown company Greenlab created the marquise step-cut, 27.27-carat diamond, named Om, IGI said Wednesday. The stone, which has no color enhancement, was grown using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Along with Om, the IGI […]